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Memphis

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Memphis

De: Tara M. Stringfellow
Narrado por: Karen Murray, Adenrele Ojo, Tara Stringfellow
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY A spellbinding debut novel tracing three generations of a Southern Black family and one daughter’s discovery that she has the power to change her family’s legacy.

“A rhapsodic hymn to Black women.”—
The New York Times Book Review

“I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come.”—Jacqueline Woodson,
New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone

LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe, NPR, BuzzFeed, Glamour, PopSugar

Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected.

As she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush.

Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, Memphis paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.

©2022 Tara M. Stringfellow (P)2022 Random House Audio
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“An engrossing debut novel . . . beautifully written prose, unforgettable characters, messages of sisterhood and community . . . The author shows tremendous insight into the effects of violence on Black women in America, told from a captivating Southern female perspective that makes Memphis one of the most compelling must-reads of 2022 and beyond.”—NPR, “Best Books of 2022”

“Readers will come to see that Stringfellow is demonstrating the erratic movements of history, the false starts and reversals and, yes, the moments of progress that are reflected in our haphazard march toward realizing King’s vision for America. . . . With her richly impressionistic style, Stringfellow captures the changes transforming Memphis in the latter half of the 20th century.”—The Washington Post

“Written with the grace of a poet, Memphis is as hopeful as it is heartbreaking. I fell in love with this family, from Joan’s fierce heart to her grandmother Hazel’s determined resilience. Tara Stringfellow will be an author to watch for years to come. . . . A stellar debut.”—Jacqueline Woodson, bestselling author of Red at the Bone

Editor's Pick

A vibrant celebration of female resilience
Tara M. Stringfellow’s debut novel traces the lives of four Black women from a Tennessee family. Hazel, Miriam, August, and Joan are the bold and beautiful North women, and they each take a turn recounting the violence, injustice, abuse, and trauma that shape their lives. Narrators Karen Murray and Adenrele Ojo tell this story with exceptional beauty, thanks to Stringfellow’s lyrical prose. The gentleness with which the performers unspool the events spanning from the 1930s to 2003 in succinct, nonlinear vignettes is remarkable. Their voices give a heartrending story its heart in Memphis. —Margaret H., Audible Editor

Powerful Storytelling • Beautiful Prose • Excellent Narration • Emotional Depth • Great Performances • Authentic Voice
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Love it! A roller-coaster of emotions. This family had me cheering for them. A beautiful written book.

Wow!

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I enjoyed the Journey. I wasn’t sure where we were in the story sometimes, because the transitions weren’t that clear, but the story was good, brave, inspiring thought provoking and beautiful. The Narrator did a good job.

A good listen

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The twist and turns of the story will keep you engaged in a range of emotions from empathy to all out rage, The characters of Memphis embody the human condition.

Real Life

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However, as a southerner I was pretty offended at times by the overdone accents in the reading. Southern authors really need to get that right. It diminishes our heritage and distracts from the story. I would have enjoyed it more if I’d read rather than listened to it.

I really loved this story.

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I liked this book. I liked the background given to each character. I enjoyed seeing all the angles of their choices. The performance from the narrators was nice as well.

Generations of Black women issues

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I had a hard time following along with this book. Not sure why, I’ve read others that jump from different characters and time periods but maybe this one just didn’t have enough going on for me.

Just ok

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This novel was beautifully crafted and written with intricate characters and astonishing imagery that, you can tell, comes from truthfulness. Stringfellow pours out her heart into the pages and one can do nothing but fall in love with Miriam’s spirit and bravery, Joan’s perseverance, and Mya’s whit.

This story is one of trauma, healing, and growth—things that Black people, especially Black women, know all too well. Looking forward to Ms. Stringfellow’s next novel. Bravo my friend!

Hell of a Debut Stringfellow!

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It started out interestingly enough. I really appreciated the character back stories but at some point, I just lost interest. I can't even remember where. I could no longer keep up with the characters or who had done what when. I'm not saying it was a bad listen, but what started out as a chill book just turned into background sound. Perhaps I would have received it better had I read and not listened. Riveting, it was not.

Maybe it's just me...

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Whoever narrated Miriam, August and Hazel is horrible. I heard her in another book and she was annoying then but her southern accent was the most annoying. It was wrong and didn’t sound like Southern Black people. She obviously watched tv and went with that. It made finishing the book sufferable. The story wasn’t the best either. I was bored and only finished to complete a challenge.

Narration wasn’t the best

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I feel bad giving a low rating to a highly rated book, but I had to force myself to keep going despite being bored nearly the entire time. There were a few chapters where the storyline peaked my interest, but overall I had a hard time getting through this because i just didnt find it engaging. I ended up speeding it up to 1.2x just to finish it faster. It's a generational story which switches characters and time periods which kept it interesting enough for me to hang on.

It was just not engaging for me

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